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My 13 year old son was recently diagnosed (through blood work and endoscopy results) with celiac disease- November 2013. He had first 3 month follow-up and had a BOATLOAD of blood work done- 9 vials!!! Eek! (Thankfully, he doesn't mind giving blood). Mostly everything is looking good. So much so that his TTG was almost 150 originally and now 31! His...

We got lucky! We have an appt. with our local Children's Hospital's Celiac Center THIS Friday afternoon! Started looking at gluten-free products at our local food store...Wow, they are alot pricier than foods with gluten in them. Guess I better start stocking up now.... My son has def. enjoyed a varied gluten-laden diet in the past, I appreciate the...

AND Thanks Nicole! I've heard once the GI dr. sees results like his, they push to get patient in sooner rather than later- its what the scheduler says anyway... A friend of mine told me that i should erase gluten from his diet ASAP, but my son's primary doc (& the GI appointment scheduler) said don't change his diet until the GI sees him. I'm guessing...

Lisa thanks for explaining! Much appreciated :-) Ironically enough, what was sort of a fluke request (because of the skin bumps) may wind up explaining alot... he was diagnosed AD/HD at a young age and, while I agree with the diagnosis, it wouldn't surprise me if gluten may be exaggerating the symptoms & behaviors. We'll stick with his current diet...

Thanks SkyBlue4! Our local Children's Hospital has a Celiac Center, so I think we'll go through them. Again, thank you!

Hi there! My 12 y.o. son has had stomach pains & bowel issues off-and-on for several years. In the last year, he also starting getting skin-colored, itchy bumps on both his elbows from time to time. Took him to different derms who diagnosed the bumps as psoriasis and then eczema. Wasn't comfortable with those finding so pushed his primary dr. to order...